Politics

Germany’s far right eyes election breakthrough as AfD surges in Saxony

Al Jazeera

Germany’s far right eyes election breakthrough as AfD surges in Saxony

The nationalist party that promises to strip back asylum rights is poised to win a state election for the first time.

Al Jazeera

‘No Justice For Daphne’: PEN International Slams Yorgen Fenech Acquittal, Demands Accountability

Lovin Malta

‘No Justice For Daphne’: PEN International Slams Yorgen Fenech Acquittal, Demands Accountability

PEN International has warned that there is still “no justice” for the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia following the acquittal of Yorgen Fenech , calling on Maltese authorities to urgently hold everyone responsible for her killing…

Lovin Malta

Kenya: Kuria Warns Kenya Will Fall Behind Uganda, Tanzania Unless It Changes Industrialisation Policy

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Former Investments, Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has backed the Government's decision to push Tata Chemicals Magadi out of Kenya, arguing that the country risks being overtaken by Uganda…

Nigeria: 2027 - Not All 19 Presidential Candidates Are Contesting to Win - Wike's Aide

[Vanguard] Senior Special Assistant to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, has said not all 19 candidates on the 2027 presidential ballot are contesting…

Nigeria: Nigeria Tightens War On Plastic Waste, Makes Producers Responsible for End-of-Life Products

[This Day] ·NESREA unveils 2026 regulations as country generates 2.5m tonnes of plastic waste annually

Nepal begins issuing permits for autumn mountaineering season

Nepal begins issuing permits for autumn mountaineering season

Mount Manaslu, the eighth-highest mountain, and Dumrewangra are seen from Barpak of Gorkha. Kathmandu, September 4 Nepal has started issuing permits for the autumn mountaineering season, with hundreds of climbers already showing interest…

TASS

Once-prosperous Ukraine 'ground down' by Europeans — Russian intel chief

Sergey Naryshkin highlighted the West’s neocolonial approach to countries in the post-Soviet space and cited Ukraine as an example

TASS

Rubio to visit Colombia, Ecuador and Peru next week

Rubio to visit Colombia, Ecuador and Peru next week

Sept 4 - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Latin America next week, visiting Ecuador and meeting a pair of newly elected presidents in Colombia and Peru in his first trips to those two countries as America's top diplomat…

UAE pardons Egyptian-Turkish poet facing 10 years in jail

UAE pardons Egyptian-Turkish poet facing 10 years in jail

DUBAI, Sept 4 - Egyptian-Turkish poet Abdulrahman Youssef al-Qaradawi was pardoned by United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday, state news agency WAM said, a week after receiving a 10-year jail sentence…

Buddha Air’s new ATR 72-600 begins commercial operations

Buddha Air’s new ATR 72-600 begins commercial operations

Kathmandu, September 4 Private airline Buddha Air’s new-series ATR 72-600 aircraft began commercial operations on Friday. The aircraft, registered as 9N-AOS, made its first commercial flight from Kathmandu to Nepalgunj on Friday morning…

US state of Louisiana in battle over electoral map

France 24

US state of Louisiana in battle over electoral map

With just two months to go before the US midterm elections, the battle for votes is in full swing. Our reporter Fanny Allard has been to the state of Louisiana, where a redistricting row is playing out with far-reaching implications for…

France 24

In Burkina Faso, Sky Dragon 30 missiles point to China’s military export inroads

South China Morning Post